Personal Injury Law

Another Missouri school bus accident causes injury

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Two people were injured, including a 13-year-old student, after a Missouri school bus accident on Highway 47 in Lincoln County.

This wreck is the latest in a string of crashes in the past couple months. Earlier this month, a school bus was hit by a tractor-trailer and 19 people were injured. In August, two people were killed in an accident on I-44 involving two school buses, as well as a couple other vehicles.

Thankfully, the two injuries in the Lincoln County crash were not described as life-threatening.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, this latest accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 47 and Ridge Road around 12:40 p.m. The school bus, which was being driven by Jean Thomasson, 56, was heading eastbound on the highway and attempted to turn left onto Ridge Road. As it did so, it pulled into the path of a 1993 Chevrolet 1500, driven by Kurtis Colbert, 30. Colbert tried to avoid a collision, but skidded out of control into the school bus.

A passenger in Colbert's vehicle, Steffan Pogue, 23, was injured and taken to St. Joseph Hospital West for treatment. Pogue was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck, according to the investigating officer.

Jonathan Halbert, 13, who was a student on the bus, was also injured, but his injuries were described as relatively minor. Halbert also received treatment at St. Joseph Hospital West.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).